Friday, May 18, 2012

Last night, finally, I didn't dream about embroidery patterns and designs. Instead, I dreamed about kaleidoscope quilt blocks. LOL!

Last night's guild meeting with Paula Nadelstern was AWESOME!! She was very real and immensely funny! And for someone who's not just from New York, but lives in the same block of the Bronx that she's lived in since she was born ... she didn't sound like a stereotypical New Yorker. Although I did hear a quilter behind me somewhere whisper, "She talks so fast!" I had to laugh ... I hadn't noticed!

There were five things she asked us to remember about her:

1) All New Yorkers wear black; she wears black.

2) There are 360 degrees in a circle; that's all the math she knows.

3) She's from the Bronx; the only borough of New York City that's attached and won't eventually float off.

4) When it comes to fabric her personal motto is: More is more (and she feels sorry for anyone who doesn't get it).

5) Simply copyrighting a pattern doesn't cut it; register your copyright. This was a lesson she learned the hard way when she found that a carpet manufacturer had photocopied pictures of her quilts out of her book--published with C&T--and made special carpet from those photocopies for a major hotel. One in Houston. Where the major quilt show is. Luckily for her, C&T did register copyrights and they were finally (after a long battle) able to settle amicably.

I did manage to get a picture in ... or rather, I had someone take one of the two of us. And yes, I definitely asked if I could post it on my blog! (She did tell us she had a very good lawyer.)

I purchased a swatch of her fabric. I wanted a little piece of the evening to carry home with me!

And while I really don't have a desire to do a whole kaleidoscope quilt, I really would like to do a block, playing with fabrics, seeing what the possibilities are. Or maybe one in jewel toned batiks. Hmmm...maybe I need to do two blocks.

When I got home, I was telling Todd all about my evening. When I told him her motto, When it comes to fabric, more is more, he laughed and said she thought like I thought . . . and how he imagined most quilters thought! I hadn't yet read the inscription she wrote for me:

LOL! Yup, perfect. It was a terrific night and if you ever have the opportunity to hear her speak, definitely take advantage of it.

"More is more"......I am just convincing myself to go through my fabric and get RID of some that no longer interests me and I read THIS???? LOL Now I will probably sit and waffle again about getting rid of any of it.